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- noun medicine Decreased
perfusion ofblood through anorgan
Etymologies
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Examples
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Patients with congestive heart failure requiring pharmacologic management, in particular those with unstable or acute congestive heart failure who are at risk of hypoperfusion and hypoxemia, are at increased risk of lactic acidosis.
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Autism and HBOT Summary: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been used with clinical success in several cerebral hypoperfusion syndromes.
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As noted in our discussion, we could not be certain what effect the hyperbaric treatment had on markers of inflammation or hypoperfusion, since we did not measure markers of these particular parameters in this study.
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Several studies have reported that the anatomical location of cerebral hypoperfusion significantly correlates with certain autistic behaviors
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It is unknown if any of the improvements observed in this study were mediated through an improvement in cerebral hypoperfusion and/or a decrease in cerebral inflammation as this study was not designed to examine these possibilities.
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been used with clinical success in several cerebral hypoperfusion syndromes.
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been used with clinical success in several cerebral hypoperfusion syndromes.
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The mechanism of action of hyperbaric treatment in autism is not entirely known, although it may act by diminishing gastrointestinal and cerebral inflammation and by improving immune dysregulation and cerebral hypoperfusion
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Autism and HBOT Summary: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been used with clinical success in several cerebral hypoperfusion syndromes.
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Cerebral hypoperfusion is associated with hypoxia [24] and several studies in children with ASD have reported evidence of cerebral hypoxia, as measured by a reduction in brain Bcl-2 and an increase in brain p53
hernesheir commented on the word hypoperfusion
Perhaps just a tad oxymoronic, this term.
November 8, 2011